I’m often too busy writing (or making videos) about games, that I don’t often to think about the important part that they’ve played in my entire life, whether it be playing the NES as a young age of 3-4, to countless school holidays spent playing Goldeneye and Mario Kart 64 on the Nintendo 64, but no console played a more important part in my life than the PlayStation 1.
As the youngest sibling of three, it was my first gaming console that was mine, and it took my love of gaming to a whole new level. One that was less about casually playing with older family members and more about it being an escape for myself, playing through my favourite platformers such as Ape Escape and Crash Bandicoot, and I didn’t really think about about how much that actually impacted the rest of my life up until this point quite as much as it had.
When Sony said that they’d be sending me the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro, obviously I was excited, but I didn’t expect it to be the full circle moment that it was, making me really reflect on the impact that gaming has had on my life both personally and professionally, and it was this console that originally started it all.
It was bittersweet making this content knowing that so many had missed out, but I took it as my duty to show every aspect of this console as a celebration of PlayStation that we could enjoy in together.
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The outer box of the console features all five PlayStation consoles debossed on each side, starting with the PS5 Pro on the front, the PS3 and PS2 on the sides and the PS4 on the back, leading up to the PS1 on the top of the console, which you need to open to pull the outer sleeve off.
That reveals a more modern PlayStation with the 30th Anniversary logo on top with the PlayStation 30th symbols all over the box, with this one then lifting off to reveal the PS5 Pro in all of its glory, complete with the signature light grey colourway, the OG retro PlayStation logo and the 30th Anniversary on both the bottom of the faceplate, and etched onto the wings (no number for this one).
That’s just the beginning though as behind this is a massive box that has illustrations of all five consoles on it, that houses all the goodies that come with the console. I won’t go into all of the details as the photos and videos speak for themselves, but each item is a celebration of the original PlayStation.
The first item is a poster which I believe there’s 30 different variations of – I quite like mine as it’s got the original PS1 and the PS5 Slim 30th Anniversary.
Both the DualSense and DualSense Edge are the iconic light grey with darker grey accents and the coloured PlayStation logo, with the DualSense Edge also having a matching case and there’s a DualSense charging station (exclusive to this bundle) that matches these perfectly.
You also get a grey vertical stand and for those wanting to get a disc drive to turn your PS5 Pro into a physical console, there’s a disc faceplate in the box as well. Even the manuals and cords are in their own little branded box with little logos on it.
If all of that wasn’t enough, there’s a PlayStation goodies box which has some absolutely incredible items in it. The first is a PS1 inspired USB-C cable clamp that matches with the light grey USB-C PS 30th cable and really completes the console look (I hope this sees a wider release) as well as a PlayStation bubble sticker, paper clip and a set of four PlayStation symbol cable ties.
All of the items in the PlayStation 30th Anniversary range are incredible, celebrate PlayStation’s history perfectly and full of little details, so I hope a bunch of you managed to get something, just to feel the nostalgic gaming magic, if noting else.
The 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro was provided by PlayStation.
